Profetas da terra : ritual e conhecimento entre os/as Xukuru-Kariri e Wassu-Cocal (AL)

Abstract

The work is inscribed at the same time on the studies of indigenous peoples and evangélicos in Brazil. The focus is the experiences of crentes Xukuru-Kariri and Wassu-Cocal, two ethnic indigenous groups based, respectively, on the regions of agreste and zona da mata of Alagoas. Grounded on ethnographical material, it articulates historical anthropology and anthropology of knowledge, to analyze the relations between social organization, social ethnic movement and ritual in the villages (aldeias). Our emphasis is the indigenous families who daily participate from collective’s rituals at Assemblies of God. The relations between territorialisation and the process of social reorganization that it generates, materializes on multiple results, that varies depending on the ritual group we consider.